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10 Compelling Proactive Leadership Links: November 2-6

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Post date November 6, 2009
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1. Bob Sutton explains how baboons can teach us about leadership. The story also includes a great radio interview and article by Robert Sapolsky.

2. Employee engagement is the focal point for a lot of organizations these days. David Zinger explains 10 principles of employee engagement so you aren’t left behind.

3. Dan Oestreich helps you figure out a very important question: should I stay or should I go quit?

4. This great blog post explains Professor Herminia Ibarra recent study on women in the workplace . Her thoughts on the “vision thing” are insightful and look forward to a better framework.

Tags baboons, bob sutton, bullies, craig mostat, dan oestreich, david zinger, facebook, facebook urls, herminia ibarra, laid-off, leadershp liks, office bullies, robert sapolsky, social media, social networking, tony morgan, twitter, workplace

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Online Social Networking: Blessing for Productivity

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Post date October 28, 2009
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Social networking websites, alleged slayers of productivity, have once again been targeted by a study / survey. The hypotheses: Social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook are arresting the productivity of office workers. The conclusion: The IT services group Morse found, after interviewing 1,460 UK office workers, that social networking sites roughly cost UK firms $2.25 billion dollars annually.

Needless to say, that’s a lot of money.

If you are a person in a leadership position, brace yourself…this next bit might shock you. The study further estimated that office workers waste spend around 40 minutes on social networking sites…a week.

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Tags facebook, it serices group morse, mashable, social media, social netowrking, social networking, twitter, UK office workers

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Leadership Link Round-Up: June 15-19

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Post date June 19, 2009
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Just wanted to say that this is the 102nd blog entry here at bacharachblog.com! Thanks for reading and be sure to subscribe or follow me on twitter. Now lets get to the leadership links…

Want to bring your social networking to the next level? 63 Twitter tips!
We all like lists–here’s a good one: 10 ways to lead in tough times.
50 promising tech start ups. Watch out Google.
Interview with Paul Samuelson. Nobel prize winning Keynesian economist on today’s woes.
Proactive ideas for curtains–fixing a time-consuming problem at the Four Seasons.
Thought the SAT was tough? Study for China’s Gao Kao. High marks will earn you a leadership position.
Does the Pope want us to tweet?
We’ve talked a lot about social networking. Find yours at ning!
Hate the office bore? What inspires talkative types?
A wandering mind may be an innovative mind.
Is marketing really the most important idea in business?
Can Fritz Henderson fix GM?
What was Dr. Seuss really all about?
This summer’s hottest reads!

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